CMS Announces Revisions To Nursing Home Rating System
February 22, 2015
On February 12, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced revisions to its often-criticized system of rating nursing homes in the United States, which prospective nursing home residents and their families may rely on in selecting nursing home care. CM[...]
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Recent Study Finds Nursing Home Infection Rates Rising In U.S.
October 11, 2014
A study conducted by the Columbia University School of Nursing that investigated infection rates in nursing homes in the United States over a five-year period (2006 to 2010) found increased rates of infections involving urinary tract infections (UTIs), septicemia, viral hepatitis, wound infections[...]
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Nursing Home Falls
May 9, 2014
Too many elderly and infirmed residents of nursing homes in the United States suffer preventable falls that result in further physical or mental deterioration, including fractures that may require surgery or even an untimely and unexpected death. Many nursing home falls are foreseeable and preventab[...]
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The 5 Most Common Preventable Nursing Home Adverse Events
April 22, 2014
According to the February 2014 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) entitled, “Adverse Events in Skilled Nursing Facilities: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries,” five physicians were contracted to review th[...]
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Four Connecticut Nursing Homes Fined For Serious Deficiencies
November 13, 2013
The Connecticut Department of Public Health announced last week that it had issued two citations and fined a Connecticut nursing home $2,250 for three separate incidents: a resident who had dementia fractured her hip as a result of a fall and subsequently died in the hospital (a nurse’s [...]
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